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Edward woke up the next morning disoriented and confused. He was somewhere with a four poster bed. Oh right, Hogwarts, magic, no Al.
"Master Elric sir." Edward gave a yelp then flew from his bed into a fighting stance. "Master Elric, Dauble was sent to wake you up sir." The strange creature that wore only a ragged pillowcase had its head bowed and looked for all the world as if he expected to be scolded.
"Yes thank you...Dauble. Um, if you don't mind my asking, what are you?" Edward had recovered from his shock and said this as he was getting dressed, he had slept in his clothes the previous night so all that he had to do was put on his gloves and boots and do his usual braid.
"Dauble is a house elf sir. Sir, if Dauble can be bold, does not sir have a class to teach?" Edward froze while tying his braid.
"You're right!" He knelt down and grabbed the elf " Dauble, do you know where it is?!"
"Certainly sir" Dauble nodded and with a crack they were outside a classroom and Edward's stomach had yet to catch up.
"Thank you" He said trying to get over the teleportation.
"It's Dauble's pleasure sir" and with another crack, away he went.
Edward entered the room and found a box of chalk. He knew right away from his debriefing that his classes composed of about 20 children and that pitiful amount of chalk would not last. So doing what he did best, he transmusted the limestone in the wall into more chalk and left a thin covering so that it became a hidden compartment. Not too long after this was done did a stream of students in red or green robes flooded the room. Green on one side, red on the other.
"Alright then, am I correct in saying this is" he checked the paper" Gryffindor and Slytherin 5th years?" After a chorus of yes's he got down to business. "Who here, can tell me, what alchemy is." A girl in red robes with brown fuzzy hair raised her hand. A blond boy in green mimicked her jumping up and down. Edward obviously, didn't quite approve. " Would you care to tell me blond boy in green?" The boy blushed.
"No sir"
"Then why did you raise your hand?" Edward enjoyed playing the interrogator, it was such fun seeing his victims squirm. The blond boy obviously did not answer. " Very well then, make sure that's the last time you do it. You, in the red?"
"Alchemy is an ancient magic which lets the user turn lead to gold or create a philosophers stone." She seemed quite proud in her knowledge, pity it would be torn to shreds soon.
"Your name?" he asked, he would draw it out, it would suit the witch to be knocked down a bit, she knew nothing except what she read.
"Hermione Granger sir." She looked pleased as if he should be impressed. He really wasn't.
"Well Miss. Granger, I see you have done your research. But I am afraid you are wrong. Absolutely wrong." She looked horrified as if such a thing had never happened in her life.
"Take out something to write with and something to write on every one." After a scramble for parchment, quills, and ink, he continued." Alchemy, is a science. It can indeed turn lead to gold but that is illegal and you will not be learning or using it" A red haired boy raised his hand.
"Why is it illegal professor? And what about the Philosophers stone?"
"It is illegal because you would wreck the economy if you were to do so. As for the Philosophers stone, never mention it again, it is the work of a devil, indeed, it takes a devil to make one." At this the Golden trio looked at each other in confusion, hadn't Dumbledore had a philosophers stone? Dumbledore wasn't bad.
"But sir! The Philosophers stone was here our first year!" This came from Dean who had always been quite bold.
"What do you mean?" Were wizards really that foolish? Would they have actually made a Philosophers Stone?
"Sir, Dumbledore had it here our first year to protect it! He destroyed it but it was still here!"
"That fool." He muttered to himself. "It's impossible to destroy a philosophers stone! It is a pure substance! Have any of you any proof that it was actually destroyed?" He roared. Silence reigned for a bit then Edward sighed. "Never mind, that is not what we are here for." Straightening up he said" I don't expect any of you to advance in alchemy much. With the time limit we have I will only teach you basic Alchemy even if we had more time I doubt any of you could do it. And that is only if you can handle the theory. To know whether or not you can handle it I will be giving a pre-test." At the chorus of groans and panicked whispers he said "This has nothing to do with what you read so no one has an advantage, and anyways all of your material was incorrect, I checked it yesterday. If you pass, you take the class, you fail, you are banned from Alchemy."That got a mixed reaction. Some were scared, others surprised, a few determined, most notably a dark haired slytherin and Hermione. The Slytherin had sat up when before she had a relaxed look.
"The pre-test is this: All is One, One is All. Solve the riddle and you will advance, fail to do so, and you will be kicked out. You have one month not counting this class period to figure it out. For the remaining 10 minutes I will answer any questions you ask as long as I deem them appropiate for school." Instantly a forest of hand went up. "You there" he pointed to a boy with messy hair and glasses.
"Why do you say that it wouldn't matter how much time, that we wouldn't be too great at Alchemy?"
"Simple, the only reason I know the amount I know at my age is because I started young and am a genius. Most adults only know half as much as I." At his words whispers insured, especially at the genius part. Most were staring pointedly at Hermione although the Alchemist had no idea hand was still up though, so he called on her.
"Sir when you say genius, what do you mean exactly?"
"I mean I started reading Alchemy books at the age of 4 and have certification that lists me as a fully educated Alchemist which I achieved at 12 years of age." Everyone started gossiping and once he saw that he lost their attention he went to his desk to plan the next lessons for the ones that solved the riddle. He would be surprised if anyone got it. These wizards would need a lot of work. After 6 more minutes he stood up.
"Alright class is over, dismissed." The children all flooded out except for that one dark haired Slytherin.
"Professor, I think I know the answer to the riddle, can I ask? And if I get it wrong can I try again?" He knew of course that she wouldn't get it right.
"Go ahead" he said leaning back on his chair. "Tell me what you think it is." She took a deep breath.
"The circle of life?" She held her hands in a unsure pose.
"Holy-" Ed fell of his chair."What class do you have now?"
"Lunch."
"You're skipping it, come with me." He led her into his office and gave her some tea and cookies." How did you figure it out, not even I figured it out that fast"
"Well, over the summer, I watched a movie called 'The Lion King' and the main theme was that we were all part of the grand circle of life and we all had a place in it, so one would be me or anything really and all would be the universe."
"So you had help?" He wasn't quite as blown over now.
"Well yeah but-" she looked a bit unsure.
"No it's fine, you still figured it out and were honest about how so points for that. You are now cleared for continuation in Alchemy, congratulations. What's your name?"
"Jade Myers sir."
"Very well then , hurry on to lunch and don't tell anyone the answer ok?"
"I won't!" and so with a smile on her face, Jade made her way to the Great Hall. And Edward though, maybe not all wizards were idiots.
A/N: No, this is not an EdxOC fic, I don't like those, I just want Ed to have a friend. The reason I made Ed so professional sounding was because I figured that since he was in the military for about 6 years now he probably has had to show his worth as the youngest Alchemist and so developed this way of sounding cold, intelligent, and polite all at the same time. Since he considers this the same as a meeting, useless and not worth his time, I imagine he would act like that during classes. Expect more faculty and golden trio soon.